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Arctic Ice Bridge

Alaska National Guard Soldiers with the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment and 208th Construction Management Team spray water over the ground and river to thicken and lengthen the ice mass as part of an ice bridging operation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Feb. 10, 2018. Ice bridging is a method that allows military vehicles to travel over ice that’s at a depth safe enough to drive on, without breaking through.

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673d Logistics Readiness Squadron Achieves 93% Vehicle Mission-capable Rate

Airman 1st Class Warren Norwood, a mission general vehicle equipment maintenance apprentice with the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron Vehicle Maintenance, Refueling Maintenance shop, operates a heavy truck lift, Jan. 26, 2018, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The Refueling Maintenance shop repairs and services all refueling equipment such as the R-11 and R-12 at JBER.

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673d LRS Materiel Managment supplies Arctic Warriors

Tech. Sgt. Surnicke Graham, noncommissioned officer in charge of the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment Element, discusses issue list with U.S. Air force Staff Sgt. Donald Steelfox, Jan. 17, 2018, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The 673d LRS/IPE is responsible for inspecting all chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear IPE.

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LOX and load Fuels Airmen breathe life into aviation

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities section prepare to fill 50-gallon liquid oxygen carts at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 4, 2017. Oxygen is pressurized and cooled into a liquid state in order to transport it more efficiently from cryogenic tanks to JBER’s aircraft to provide fresh air to pilots in flight.

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Vigilant Ace-18

A F-22 Raptor touches down at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec.02, 2017. The Raptor is assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 3rd Wing, 90th Fighter Squadron and is participating in the routine Vigilant Ace exercise.

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U.S., South Korean alliance reinforced as Airmen train for wartime contingency

U.S. Air Force and Republic of Korea Airmen empty concrete into a crater during a Rapid Airfield Damage Repair bilateral training exercise at Gwangju Air Base, R.O.K., Nov. 9, 2017. U.S. and R.O.K. Airmen trained together for a week to learn the new RADR process, preparing them for response to wartime contingencies, enhancing interoperability and building partnership capacity in the Indo-Asia Pacific region.

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Tuskegee Airman visits JBER

Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Leslie Edwards, a former Tuskegee Airman of the 617th Bombardment Squadron, assists in a foreign object debris walk at the flightline at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2017. The 617th Bombardment Squadron was one of four Tuskegee Airmen bomber squadrons during WWII that made up the 477th Bombardment Group. In 2007, the 477th Bombardment Group became the 477th Fighter Group, bringing with it the legacy of Tuskegee airmen to Alaska.

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Military working dog retires at JBER

Personnel with the 673d Security Forces Squadron K-9 Unit, listen during the introduction to the retirement ceremony for military working dog, Ajax, Oct. 13, 2017, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Ajax is retiring after nine years of service at JBER.

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RAT ensures bilateral training relocation kicks-off without delay

Airmen with the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 25, 2017. The Tsuiki Air Base aviation training relocation focuses on training in different geographical locations and cultural environments, while strengthening U.S. and Japan interoperability and combat readiness. This is the first ATR located at Tsuiki AB since 2010.

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SMA Visits USARAK Units at JBER and FWA

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Dan Dailey answers questions from the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers at Fort Wainwright on 22 Sept, 2017.

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962nd AACS, 970th AACS conduct total force mission

Pilots on an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control aircraft check gauges while flying above Alaska, during a surveillance training mission Sept. 20, 2017. Reservists from the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron based at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for a nine-day total force mission where they fully integrated with the active-duty 962nd AACS.

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3 MUNS bomb build

Airman 1st Class Carl Runkel, a conventional maintenance technician with the 3rd Munitions Squadron, builds a Joint Direct Attack Munition Guided Bomb Unit during a bomb build on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 19, 2017. Bomb builds provide training and certification for 230 personnel within 3rd MUNS and keeps the squadron compliant, lethal and ready.

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Cloudy with a chance of jets

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Ohara, a 35th Operations Support Squadron weather forecaster, briefs Royal Danish Army Capt. Andreas Otterstoem, a 116th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, on the weather forecast for the day during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 16, 2017. Along with the Republic of Korea, Misawa's weather Airmen briefed other nations including the Royal Thai Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

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USFJ participates in annual non-combatant evacuation operation exercise

An Airman assigned to the 18th Medical Group from Kadena Air Base, Japan, assists with an aeromedical evacuation in Aomori, Japan, June 15, 2017. Since the Misawa Air Base runway remains closed for construction, the 35th Medical Group relied on solidified friendships among the Japanese community to help coordinate the evacuation at the Aomori Airport.

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Precious cargo

U.S. Air Force Maj. Margaret Dodd, a 18th Medical Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit nurse from Kadena Air Base, Japan, assists in lifting Oliver McKeown, son of Capt. Connor McKeown, during an aeromedical evacuation in Aomori, Japan, June 15, 2017. The coordination process also had to filter through the Aomori Airport Management Office, Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center, which builds the evacuation mission, source the aircraft and assign the aircrew and medical team.

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ATC Airmen

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Amanda Ahsoak, air traffic control journeyman, and Tech. Sgt. Jason McLean, air traffic control tower watch supervisor, give direction to an inbound aircraft, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 15, 2017. ATC Airmen are responsible for the safety and control of hundreds of military and civilian aircraft every day.

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Air Force Reveals Cold Facts on New Arctic Strategy

Northern Edge 2017 is part of a joint training exercise scheduled for May 1-12, 2017, at several Alaska military installations and training areas. The exercise includes U.S. active duty, Reserve and National Guard component Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. NE17 will focus on tactical-level executions of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) training modules in a joint training environment. Aircraft shown are part of the NE17 exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

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Air Force partners for environmental conservation on Wake Atoll

Birds fly and nest in the bird sanctuary on Wilkes Island at Wake Atoll April 11, 2017. The sanctuary has approximately 40,000 birds and 12 species on an island less than one square mile in size. The U.S. Air Force, through partnerships with agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have worked in recent years to restore Wake Atoll to a more natural habit for its bird population and rid the three islands of invasive plant species. Wake Atoll, made up of the tropical islands of Wilkes, Wake and Peale, is located approximately 2,138 nautical miles west of Honolulu, has a population of roughly 100 residents including Air Force personnel and American and Thai contractors, and is managed by the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center under 11th Air Force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska

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JBER's Airborne Contribution

U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, prepare to jump out of a C-17 Globemaster III during a formation flight from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Oct. 19, 2016.

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's airborne contribution

U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, prepare to jump out of a C-17 Globemaster III during a formation flight from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Oct. 19, 2016. Although not instrumental in the creation of airborne operations, JBER has played a significant role in its continued development when the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division was created in 2005 as the only airborne BCT in the Pacific theater.

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